Schedule and Speaker Information
The Power of Discovery: A Celebration of UW Women in Science
Friday, November 3, 2006
The Pyle Center
702 Langdon Street, Madison
The Pyle Center
702 Langdon Street, Madison
Beyond Bias and Barriers: A Call to Arms about Women in Science
Innate aptitude, unconscious biases and institutional barriers all affect women's participation and advancement in science. Hear the findings and recommendations of a study commissioned by the National Academy of Sciences and chaired by former UW Chancellor Donna Shalala to examine the status of American women in science and engineering.
Jo Handelsman PhD’84, Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant Pathology
Innate aptitude, unconscious biases and institutional barriers all affect women's participation and advancement in science. Hear the findings and recommendations of a study commissioned by the National Academy of Sciences and chaired by former UW Chancellor Donna Shalala to examine the status of American women in science and engineering.
Jo Handelsman PhD’84, Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant Pathology
The Science of Nursing, the Future of Care
Nurse scientists are making great contributions to health care today. Hear about the work of nursing faculty on the UW campus, highlighting the direct relationship between nursing research and improvements in health care.
Katharyn May, Dean, School of Nursing
Midlife Crisis of the Cosmos
Astronomers have recently mapped the colossal black holes and star formations that produce the light of the cosmos. Experience some observations and revelations about our early and more recent universe.
Amy Barger ’93, Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy
Stimulating the Immune System to Recognize and Destroy Cancer
Many tumors initially respond to treatment; yet too often cancer patients have their tumors recur. Learn about research into therapies that will enable the human immune system to recognize a tumor and respond.
Jacquelyn Hank ’74, MS’76, PhD’78, Scientist, Department of Human Oncology
Nurse scientists are making great contributions to health care today. Hear about the work of nursing faculty on the UW campus, highlighting the direct relationship between nursing research and improvements in health care.
Katharyn May, Dean, School of Nursing
Midlife Crisis of the Cosmos
Astronomers have recently mapped the colossal black holes and star formations that produce the light of the cosmos. Experience some observations and revelations about our early and more recent universe.
Amy Barger ’93, Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy
Stimulating the Immune System to Recognize and Destroy Cancer
Many tumors initially respond to treatment; yet too often cancer patients have their tumors recur. Learn about research into therapies that will enable the human immune system to recognize a tumor and respond.
Jacquelyn Hank ’74, MS’76, PhD’78, Scientist, Department of Human Oncology
- 11:45 a.m. - Cabinet 99 Award Luncheon, Memorial Union’s Great Hall
Presentation to Emily Auerbach ’76 with Chancellor John Wiley MS’65, PhD’68 - 1:30 p.m. - Breakout session II (choose one)
Why Being a “Hottie” Isn’t So Hot for Adolescents
Among the challenges that adolescents face is the need to develop skills for dealing with others’ sexual interest and attention. Hear recent research about sexual harassment among adolescents, negative outcomes of objectification and factors that keep young people safe despite these experiences.
Sara Lindberg PhDx’07, Associate Lecturer, Departments of Psychology and Women’s Studies
Sex Hormones and the Aging Brain
The sex hormones estrogen, progesterone and testosterone exert powerful effects on the brain and can influence mood, memory and cognition. Recent research shows that changing sex hormone levels could play a role in age-associated breathing disorders.
Mary Behan, Professor, Departments of Comparative Biosciences and Anatomy
The Worm: A Tool for Understanding Human Diseases
UW scientists are using the nematode to study human genetics and to discover potential therapeutic targets for cystic kidney diseases. Learn more about how this worm is producing results in campus research laboratories.
Maureen Barr, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy
Among the challenges that adolescents face is the need to develop skills for dealing with others’ sexual interest and attention. Hear recent research about sexual harassment among adolescents, negative outcomes of objectification and factors that keep young people safe despite these experiences.
Sara Lindberg PhDx’07, Associate Lecturer, Departments of Psychology and Women’s Studies
Sex Hormones and the Aging Brain
The sex hormones estrogen, progesterone and testosterone exert powerful effects on the brain and can influence mood, memory and cognition. Recent research shows that changing sex hormone levels could play a role in age-associated breathing disorders.
Mary Behan, Professor, Departments of Comparative Biosciences and Anatomy
The Worm: A Tool for Understanding Human Diseases
UW scientists are using the nematode to study human genetics and to discover potential therapeutic targets for cystic kidney diseases. Learn more about how this worm is producing results in campus research laboratories.
Maureen Barr, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy
A Celebration of UW Women in the Human Sciences
UW women faculty members are doing significant research in the human sciences. Get an update on exciting work in areas that directly affect children, families, individuals and groups within their increasingly complex social, psychological, economic and cultural environments.
Robin Douthitt, Dean, School of Human Ecology
UW women faculty members are doing significant research in the human sciences. Get an update on exciting work in areas that directly affect children, families, individuals and groups within their increasingly complex social, psychological, economic and cultural environments.
Robin Douthitt, Dean, School of Human Ecology
